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Posted on Tuesday, May 1, 2001 - 11:26 am:

we are the owners of a 23 year old gelding who has been on 1 sachet of bute per day for the last 5 years,6 days ago we noticed he was distressed and that he had not urinated or defecated during the night, we called our vet out he administered huge doses of anti- spasmodics and anti biotics by injection the horse urinated 10 or so hours later,we have been injecting quantities of anti-spasmodics each day the horse is urinating however his penile sheath is extremely swollen and he appears to have two swellings on his stomach just forward of the Penis,the vet does not appear to be overly concerned but we consider the treatment to be inadequate as this seems to persist, could the combination of the medication be administered be having a detrimental effect? we are using Finadyne in granular form 2 sachets per day,he was being given Naquadem at the dose of 1 18gram sachet per day this has now been stopped,he seems to be improving and is brighter in himself but we are very concerned about the swelling,the names of the medication may sound a little strange but we live in France and these are the local trade names

Posted on Wednesday, May 2, 2001 - 6:12 am:

Hello Carol,
I know Finadyne is flunixin (Banamine to our US members) and I will bet Naquadem is a combination of steroid and diuretic, can you give me the generic names on the packages?

You have 3 problems: distress, lack of defecation, and a swollen sheath, but you have no diagnosis of any of this conditions. I presume the horse is continuing to urinate. Before you can rationally treat these problems you need to know what is causing them. Diagnosis will depend on a thorough physical exam and possibly labortory work. If your vet is not able to determine the causes you need to be referred to someone who can.
DrO
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